On 2023-06-16 4:56 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/16/23 12:48, ben via cctalk wrote:
What cpu?
Minix was 16 bit code only. I suspect 16 bit code here as well.
Remember 32 bit code is 2x the size of 16 bit stuff.
32-bit, I'm afraid. To quote:
WHAT IS LINUX?
Linux is a Unix clone for 386/486-based PCs written from scratch by
Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers
across the Net. It aims towards POSIX compliance.
It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged
Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory
management and TCP/IP networking.
It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
accompanying COPYING file for more details.
--Chuck
Was that quote written for version #1.
At risk of being a troll, when did Unix (PDP 11) not have all the the
above. Other than TCP/IP networking, I don't see any of above features
desirable, as I feel a need for more real time operating systems.
How many OS's are complete in design that you don't need to bypass
the OS like MS DOS.
Ben.
